James Lyons
James Lyons was one of three men held in the jail at Louisa, Kentucky. According to a Ceredo correspondent's letter published in the West Virginia Journal on August 1, 1866, citing an eyewitness, about one hundred men came to the jail on a Tuesday in mid-July 1866, demanded the keys from the jailer, took the three men out and hanged them. The letter says a former county resident pleaded with the crowd to let the law take its course, but they did not turn back.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Ceredo correspondent's letter, citing an eyewitness, says about one hundred men took James Lyons and two others from the Louisa jail and hanged them.
Reported by: Ceredo correspondent's letter citing an eyewitness (reporters).